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TIL about Guinea worm disease, a water borne parasite.

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V74Q TIL a man saved President Ford from assassination then had his life ruined as the media outed him as gay
eQpb TIL of the Baining people of Papua New Guinea, who are known as the dullest culture on Earth. They abhor the concept of play, have no stories or myths and almost no art. Their lives are exceedingly dull and mundane and centered around work.
0wo5N TIL that there was an Indian Legion, also known as the "Indische Freiwilligen Legion der Waffen-SS", that joined the Nazis and fought in France, Italy, and the Battle of Berlin. Their goal was to gain independence for British-ruled India.
OW67 TIL James Cameron pitched the sequel to Alien by writing the title on a chalkboard, adding an “s”, then turning it into a dollar sign spelling “Alien$”. The project received $18 million dollars.
e0ZgL TIL The false rumor of Joseph Kennedy being a bootlegger didn’t surface until the late 1960s when conspiracy theorists were looking for reasons why organized crime may have played a role in the assassination of JFK.